Category: Illinois

pol. law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 28, 2015
Categories In A.M. Report, Colorado, Illinois, New York, Vermont, Wisconsin

SUPER PAC SHOW. NYT. “Federal law prohibits coordination between the candidates’ organizations and the super PACs.” CO: COMPLAINT ON MOVIE ADS. CO Ind. “On Friday, Colorado Ethics Watch filed a complaint with the secretary of state asserting that political documentary-film mill Citizens United last year failed to disclose the identity of funders who paid for ads that […]

4-21 pol. law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 21, 2015
Categories In A.M. Report, Const Law Issues, Illinois, IRS, Kentucky, Texas, Vermont

DISCOVERING PROBLEM. Atlantic. “If the movement isn’t quite a victim of its own success, it now faces some disarray bred by winning so quickly and completely. Having triumphed, conservatives aren’t unified on where to go next.” NRA DONATIONS ISSUES. Yahoo. “The NRA can’t claim to be raising money for the corporation — to finance such […]

Tues. 3-3 political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 3, 2015
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Illinois, Montana, West Virginia

FECA AND RETIREMENTS. WP. “Since the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), the median senator has announced her retirement 509 days before the general election and 321.5 days before the filing deadline. What changed?” SUPER PAC MOONLIGHTER. Firstlook.org. “According to a disclosure document obtained by The Intercept, Susan McCue — Sen. Harry Reid’s chief of staff from 1999–2006 and now co-founder […]